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NATO In, U.N. Out

Updated April 4, 2003 12:01 a.m. ET

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, it looks increasingly clear, will play a key role in the security of Iraq after Saddam Hussein's regime has been overthrown. France's ambitions to control Iraq through the U.N. have been dealt a setback. This is word coming out of U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell's visit to Brussels yesterday.

In a roundtable discussion with a handful of editors after his meeting with 24 foreign ministers from NATO and the European Union, Mr. Powell spelled out in as much detail as anyone has yet...